DAI YOUNG admits his Blues will be venturing into the unknown when they travel to Treviso this weekend.

But he knows they will have to be close to their best to come away with a victory.

The Italian new boys have marked their entry into the Magners League with eye-catching home victories over the Scarlets and Leinster.

Young commented: “It’s no surprise to me that they are picking up results and it looks like there’s a great atmosphere out there.

“We will have to play somewhere near our best to come away with some points.

“Like they have already shown, they are a quality team, and they have Heineken Cup pedigree.

“They have a big, heavy pack which is typically Italian, with a good scrum and very effective line-out.

“We have to make sure we don’t give them that platform in our half on which to attack. It is a little bit of the unknown for us as we have only seen them on DVD and we’ve never played them (as a region).

“Obviously we are familiar with some of their players as they are internationals but come Friday hopefully it will be more about us than about them.”

The Blues will travel to the north of Italy in good heart following a 43-21 victory over the Dragons last Saturday – their second home bonus-point win, adding to the 34-23 triumph against Edinburgh on the opening weekend.

Those successes came either side of a defeat away to Leinster, but overall it’s been a pretty positive start to the campaign.

“At the start of the season we pinpointed the two home games as matches we had to win,” said Young.

“In years gone by, we have struggled with our home games, early doors.

“We have had 10 points out of two home games, although we are not playing as well as we can, we still get results.

“I would have settled with a bonus-point win over the Dragons before the game.

“I was very pleased with the effort, but we still have things to work on and we are nowhere near hitting top gear.”